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The act of distribution is what is illegal. You could feel morally good about it, but it would still be illegal. While probably also not legal, what might be

• solardev 2y ago
  > While probably also not legal, what might be easier is to rip the bluray locally instead of downloading it. It's not legal. DMCA restrictions override fair use. The moment you disable the copy protection on a disc (in order to rip it), you've broken the law. Doesn't matter why you're doing it. Doesn't matter if you're only doing it for personal use and you bought it and won't share it with anyone. It's still illegal. It's stupid, but that's what you get with corporate capture of the government. From the EFF: > Sound confusing? It is. Thanks to fair use, you have a legal right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment. But thanks to Section 1201, you do not have the right to break any digital locks that might prevent you from engaging in that fair use. And this, in turn, has had a host of unintended consequences, such as impeding the right to repair. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/what-really-does-and-doesnt-work-fair-use-dmca https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/what-really-does-and-d... Edit: There ARE some exemptions to this broad rule, but I don't think any of them apply to "I just want to make a rip of my DVD": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Anti-circumvention_exemptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...